Thailand

A federal magistrate judge granted an order on Thursday to extradite to Thailand a South Florida man accused of kidnapping and extortion. Shawn Abraham Shaw, 43, who has been locked up since he was found hiding out in Palm Beach in late November, is accused of committing a bizarre set of crimes in Thailand. Those include kidnapping, extortion and robbery against an alleged victim who was his friend for years. Thai prosecutors and police want to try Shaw. Shaw has maintained that he could face the death penalty in Thailand, even though the government says he wouldn't. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman ruled that issue is irrelevant and left to the sole discretion of the U.S....

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